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Re: magic number for mcrypt

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On 11/15/2014 10:52 PM, Kenny McCormack wrote:
> In article <54681541.4070306@thadlabs.com>,
> Thad Floryan  <thad@thadlabs.com> wrote:
>> On 11/15/2014 7:02 PM, Thad Floryan wrote:
>>> On 11/15/2014 6:54 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>>     I've never seen a string as a magic number in a hexdump. How and where 
>>>> would that be exactly in a hexdump of a mcrypted file?
>>> $ man magic
>>>
>>> Last free answer you get since you don't bother using your
>>> own system to lookup answers.
>> You obviously need to read this, too:
>>
>>    http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>> Thad
> 
> Welcome to the world of the Cunningham troll.  We hope you enjoy your stay.
> Enjoy your time mud-wrestling^Winteracting with the Cunningham troll.

Hi Kenny,

I suspected that he was asking for someone to do his homework, hence
my terse answer.

Thank you for confirming my gut feeling; he's now plonked.

I've been using Usenet since 1981 and have a knack for reading between
the lines to suss out what's really being asked and/or said, and the
fact his email "address" is that of an anonymous coward cinches it.

Thad

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magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-15 18:30 -0500
  Re: magic number for mcrypt Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> - 2014-11-15 18:27 -0800
    Re: magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-15 21:54 -0500
      Re: magic number for mcrypt Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> - 2014-11-15 19:02 -0800
        Re: magic number for mcrypt Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> - 2014-11-15 19:08 -0800
          Re: magic number for mcrypt gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-11-16 06:52 +0000
            Re: magic number for mcrypt Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> - 2014-11-16 01:10 -0800
          Re: magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-16 14:01 -0500
            Re: magic number for mcrypt Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2014-11-16 11:56 -0800
              Re: magic number for mcrypt Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2014-11-18 03:50 +0000
                Re: magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-17 23:56 -0500
            Re: magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-16 15:34 -0500
              Re: magic number for mcrypt William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2014-11-16 22:16 +0000
                Re: magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-17 16:47 -0500
                Re: magic number for mcrypt William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2014-11-17 23:43 +0000
                Re: magic number for mcrypt Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-11-18 00:36 +0000
                Re: magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-17 23:02 -0500
              Re: magic number for mcrypt Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2014-11-16 17:39 -0800
                Re: magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-17 16:22 -0500
        Re: magic number for mcrypt "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-11-16 13:59 -0500

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